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ReviewThe Journal of general virology2024

Toscana virus - an emerging Mediterranean arbovirus transmitted by sand flies.

Yonca Keskek Turk, Koray Ergunay, Alain Kohl, Joseph Hughes, Clive S McKimmie

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Review in The Journal of general virology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Scorpion Peptides in Antiviral Drug Discovery: An In-depth Review.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026
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  9. Imported aseptic meningitis due to Toscana virus infection in Austria since 2006, including a case series from 2023.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2025
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  14. Susceptibility of diverse sand fly species to Toscana virus.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yonca Keskek TurkSchool of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Koray ErgunayWalter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, USA.
Alain KohlCentre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Departments of Tropical Disease Biology and Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.
Joseph HughesMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK.
Clive S McKimmieSkin Research Centre, York Biomedical Research Institute, Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toscana virus (TOSV) is an emerging arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) of medical importance that is increasing its range across much of the Mediterranean Basin, Europe and the Middle East. Transmitted by

Indexed as

Bunyaviridae InfectionsInsect VectorsSandfly fever Naples virusAnimalsCommunicable Diseases, EmergingHumansMediterranean RegionPhlebotomusPsychodidaearbovirusdiagnosticsepidemiologypathogenesisvector-borne disease

Identifiers

PMID39508743
PMCPMC11542635

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